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.1 Miff ' THE STATES REPUBLICAN. VOLUME XXIII. .TEFFEHSON CITY, COLE COtJNTY, MIKKOUHI, THURSDAY, .1 VIA) f,, 18!). NUMIJEIi :io. IN OUR OWN STATE. v NEGRO DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE. A moetlng of tlie negro democratic leaguo has boon called for Kansas City July 10. CLINTON MERCHANT DEAD. J. T. Rico, a leading merchant of Clinton dropped dead at Ills home Wednoeday night. THE FIRST NEW WHEAT. The first carload of now Missouri wheat sent to St. LouIb on Juno 23, graded number two. PIONEER DliAT). Captain W. H. Rhodewald, one of the pioneers of Jackson county, .died at Indopendonce, of consumption. TEXAS ORATORY. nAnrnAAnfAtlvArtTiallflV nf .Tflxnfl?' ppSfer ''"tl'wUl add'reSiTthe democrats of Nevada, HUB Blii LO, BUIUU U1I1U UUAfa II1UI11.I1. A YOUNO HORSE THIEir. Benjamin Smith, aged 17, of St. Joseph, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for two years for steal ing horses. DUOWNKD WHILE I1ATIIINO. Fritz Knlrsheldt, fourteen years, was drowned at Jefferson City lost Thursday while bathing with his clothes on. EDITOR MARRIED. John B. McDonald, Jr., editor of tho Dally aDd Weekly Star at Warrensburg, was married to Miss Mary L. Hammond. MRS. IC1NATIUH DONNELLY. Mrs. Ignatius Donnelly, wlfo of the author of the famous Shakes pearean cryptogram, died In St. Paul, Minn., after being an Invalid for.nearly a year. WEIGHED 340 POUNDS. Pollco offlcor Wm. Tohler, tho biggest man on the pollco force in St. Louis, dropped dead the other day. He wolghed 340 pounds. His agility was remarkable. 1; IB? KANSAS PRISONER CAUUHT. Charles Lee, a Kansas prisoner, was arrested at Springfield. Ho Is wanted at Pittsburg, Kan., for the crime of murder. here was a reward of $2,000 for his apprehen sion. MISSOURI CHAUTAUQUA. Teo Missouri Chautauqua Is hold ing Its eighth annual session at Sodalla. Tho prospect is good for a successful ten days' meeting. Among the attraction is a chorus of 260 voices. IN II LAND'S DISTRICT. -The committee for tho eighth congressional district have callod a convention to bo held In California, Moniteau county, August 14. K. P. Bland will be nominated by acclamation. BAYS THEY CAN OPERATE. The supreme court has decided that the bond and Investment com panies are properly chartered and may do business in this state. Dis senting opinions wore Hied by Sher wood and Burgess. LYNCHING AT MONKTT. Ulysses Haydon, a negro, was taken from the sheriff of Newton county at Monett and hanged to a telegraph pole last Thursday night. He had murdered Hots Qroenwood, a railroad brakeman. 'fit ill- THOMPSON'S HOUSE SOLD. The dwelling of J. O. Thompson, the fugitive cashier of tho First National bank at Sedalla, was sold by Johu Montghmery Jr., trustee, Thursday last, to I). H. Smith for $2,000, subject to 0,000 Indebted ness. SUIT FOR SEDUCTION. Miss Augusta Bertlcs, of Mont gomery county, has filed suit for $10,000 damages against Chris Mar burg, a prosperous farmer near Laddonla, for breach of promise and seduction under promise of mar riage. THE LIGHTNING'S WORK. -John Simmons, near St. Joseph, was killed by lightning while asleep in his home. The bed clothes were set on fire and tho building burned. His body barely escaped cremation. Mrs. Simmons, who was asleep In the same bed, escaped. . IT 18 "LONEJACK." Postmaster General Bissell has Issued an order to the effect that the postofHce of Lone Jock. Mo., must hereafter bo written as one word Tho people, will pay as much atten tion to this decree as though It camo from the czar of Russia. DROWNED WHILE BATH.KO. Charles Crawford, aged 30, dlsap peered from his home, near Dres den, Pettis county. A searching party found his dead body in Muddy creek, two miles southwest of Dres den, It Is believed he was drowned while bathing in the creek. lie was an expert swimmer, OFFICERS COMMISSIONED. 'Gov, Stone commissioned officers of the N, Q. M, as follows f Charles II.. Dixon, major and surgoon, first Infantry George ,w. Cole, r Jr. captain and, aashviant surgeon first infantry) Edwin II, Shepherd, cap jn and adjutant, first, Infantry) George K. Dunnica, first lieutenant, company G., third regiment. AN EXPENSIVE DELICACY. T. L. Orano, a Jurror In an Impor. tant case at Indepondenco the other day ato a large dish of cucumbers, which has cost tho taxpayers of Jackson county $1000. Tho trial was Interrupted when nearly dono, and tho who proceedings had to bo re peated. The abovo sum represents tho total for wilnoss fees, Jurors fees, otc. EPWORTII LEAGUE CONVENTION. Tho third annual state convention of tho Missouri Epworth Lenguo of the M. E. church, South, will con vene at Pertle Springs July 18, 14 and 15. A. E. Whltakcr, of St. Louis, Is president, of,, the state League) '' M.V. Ityl'ahd, of Sedalla, secretary, and Miss Alclnda Allen, of Mexico, treasurer. The convention at Pertle Springs promises to be one of unusual interest. PLEADED GUILTY. G. II. Strelt, of Sodalla, pleaded guilty In tho St. Joseph prlmlnal court to forgery, and received a two year's sontenco In tho penitentiary. He was at ono tlmo business manager of tho Sedalla Gazette and a promi nent business man of that place. Last year ho went to St. Joseph to negotiato Pottis county school bonds. He ran a bill of $250 at tho Pacific House and forged a note for $125 on Judge H. P. Loy, of Warsaw. The arrest and conviction followed. CHURCH DESTROYED I1Y VANDALS. St. Mary's catholic mission church near Chllllcothe, has been tho vic tim of vandals. Tha church has been closed for somo time. When opened a few weoks ago, however, it was discovered that the altar, pews, images and whole Interior of the church was destroyed, and oven part of tho ilooring taken up. Two days later tho edifice was burned to the ground. An attempt has been made to keop tho matter quiet while tho work of hunting the guilty par ties Is going on. Tho affair promises to create an immense sensation when it becomes generally known. THOMPSON WILL RETURN. Mayor Has tain, of Sedalla, has received a' letter from Cashier Thompson, who is now In Old Mexico, stating that when charges shall' have been preferred ho will return to stand trial. The lettor was largely a plea for sympathy and gave assorted explanations of his action In fleeing from Sedalla. Thompson says ho left under an Intense strain and did not know when he started where ho was going, neither did his family or other relatives. He admits the embezzlement of funds, but claims that all money taken was put back Into tho hank In other forms to savo It from failure. MISSOURI STATE UAR ASSOCIATION. The Missouri Stato Bar Association will hold Its fourteenth annual meet ing nt Springfield, Mo., July 10, 11 and 12. Address by the president, Hon. Alexander Martin; a paper on ''State Regulation of Contracts of Employ ment," by James V. Mister; "The King's Highway," by S. S. Brown; "Tho Law's Delay," by Hon. Jos. F. Green; "Social Evolution and Legal Procedure," by Frank Titus; "The Attachment Law; Its Uses and Abuses," by C. V. Buckley. Roports from standing committees will be received on 'the following subjects: "Judicial Administration and Remedial Procedure," "Juris prudence and Law Reform," "Legal Education and Admission to the Bar," "Association and Legal Publication," "Grievances," "Legal Biography and Statutory Amendments." Papers on "Statutory Amend ments" will bo road by It, T, Bailey, Paul B. Mooro and E. W. Pattlson. About 300 persons are expected to bo present, and an annual banquet will be given at the Metropolitan Hotel on the evening of July 11. A proposition is to bo discussod con cerning the adoption of a fraternal beneficial foature of the association. HOUSE MEAT IN PARIS. From "A Chemical Detectlr Bureau,' Ms M. Tarbell, In McClure't Uagailne, In the survey of the butchor shops, one duty Is to make surp that horse, ass, and mule meats are not mas querading as beef. Not that their Bale is forbidden. On the contrary, the municipal laboratory Itself has declared this sort of nourishment "an oxcellent thing." It simply demands that the meat be sold aB equine and not bovine, and that the animals which furnish it bo not de crepit or diseased. The first point is regulated by establishing shops especially for the sale of horse meat. Or, if It la sold from a cart or In a regularly licensed butcher shop, by requiring that It be marked plainly; The salir of horso moat has grown to enormous propor Hons since the first shop was estab Uahed In 1800. The estimate Is, that It Is eaten now In a third of the Prns sian households, In 1801, 21,231 horses and 61 mule, and 275 esses were sold In the Parts shops. The nieat ;cosU about hnJi, as jnuch as Kaaf CX-. :! to " j, - beef. CARNOT KILLED. Sadl Carnot, president of tho French republic, was assassinated by an Italian anarchist, at Lyons, June 24. Lyons, June 24. President Carnot was stabbed this evening and died at forty-five minutes past midnight. His assassin is a supposed Italian anarchist. Tho president was visiting Lyons in connection with tho International Exhibition. Upon his arrival here ho was tendered a rocoptlon nt the Profecturo, after which he visited tho oxhibitlon. After spend ing somo time at tho oxhibitlon, he proceeded to the.. Palais do OoraWrce;" whore a" banquet "was given In his honor. At 0:25 o'clock to-night President Carnot started for the theater, whore a gala performance was to be given becauso of his prcsenco In tho city. Sovoral carriages woro In tho pro cession, the first one being occupied by the president. M. Carnot's car riage was driven slowly along in front of tho Palais do Commerce and then turned Into Rue do la Republi que, still following tho facado of the palace. When half way down the street, which was lined with enthus iastic crowds of peoplo, who were loudly cheering, a man rushed out of the crowd and sprang upon the stop of the president's landau. Just at this moment M. Carnot was wav ing his right hand and saluting with his hat in his left hand In response to tho ovation that was being given htm by tho crowd. Tho peoplo closo to the carriage saw that tho man standing on the Btop had a knlfo in his hand. By the glaro of tho electric lights they saw tho bright blade gleam in tho air as the would be assassin's arm descended, and then PreBident Carnot seemed to fall hack in his seat, his faco. deathly pale. Ono of his hands was pressed over his heart where tho Bteel had entered the body. Tho assassin was immediately seized by tho police and, despite frantic attempts at lynching by the Infuriated populace, was securely Jailed. Carnot was taken to n hotel whore he died at 12:45 o'clock. He remained conscious to tho last. Just before death Dr. Poncet lenned over tho bed and said to him, "Your friends are hero, M. lo President." M. Carnot replied: "I am grate ful for their presence," and a minute later ho gasped for breath. There was a convulsivo shuddering of his body nnd all was over. Marie Francois Sadl Carnot, fourth president of t no third French repub lic, was born at Limoges, France, August 11, 1857. Ho was elected president In 1887 and his term of soven years had almost ended.. The funeral was ono of tho most Imposing ever seen in Franco. The calamity necessitated the Immediate election of a chief executive. Great excitement prevails and several riots havo occurred in Lyons and Versailles. THE NEW PRESIDENT. Caslmlr-Perlor was Wednesday, June 27, elected president of tho French republic. In succession to M. Sadl Carnot, the late victim of anarchistic hate. -The election wns by tho senate and chamber of deputies sitting tho national assembly In the great hall of tho palace of Versailles, that has beon the scene of so many historic events. The hall was filled with spectators an hour before tho session began, and among tho assemblage were many members of tho diplomatic corps. No tlmo was lost in proceeding to a ballot, Tho voting was more close than had been anticipated. The assembly consists of about 884 mem bers, of whom the senators number 300. M. Caslmir-Perler received 451 votes out of 853 cast. The candidate was. not present during tho proceedings. No nominating speeches woro made, Tho members of the national assembly deposited their ballots In tho urn and the tellers then took the urn to tho committee room. The tellers reported the result of the vote to the president of the assem bly, whereupon he said: M. Caslmir Perler having obtained an absolute majority. I proclaim him president of the French republic." In officially notifying M. Oasimlr. Perier of bis election to the presi dency, M. Challamel-Lacour deliv ered an eloquent oration, and in reply the new president said: "I can scarcely restrain the emotion I now feel. The national assombly bestows upon me the greatest honor a citizen can ever reoelvo, by imposing upon me the heaviest moral responsibilities a man can bear. I shall give my country all that is In me of energy and patriotism. I shall give the republic all the warmth of my convictions, which have never varied. I shall give the democracy all my devotion, all my heart, as did he whose loss we now deploro. Finally, I shall endeavor to do all my'duty.". Tha nw turealdent received the IN WASH!NGTojfe'( THE CASH. .BALANOK The cash balance in tho troasury of tho United States is said to bo tho trilling sum of $U4,1C8,3G3, 0f which $00,041,371 was gold reserve. HEARD'S I) It I Ml K HILLS. Representative Heard lias Intro duced two bridge bills, which have been referred. One Is to construct a bridgo across tho Missouri river at DoWltt, to bo built by tho Duluth, Sprlngflold and Gulf Railroad Com pany. The othor Is for a bridgo crossing Osago rlvor at some point In the counties of Morgan or Cam den, to bo used by the same com. pany. TO PUNISH TRAIN STEALERS, Tho attornoy general has sent to tho nonate request for a defici ency appropriation of $125,000 in lieu of $50,000 asked for some tlmo ago. This amount of his eUhnatn will bo used to meet oxpew-os In curred by tho United States mar shale in tho arrest and punifhmcnt of CoxoyitcH In the west charged with stealing trains over which tho government has Jurisdiction. Tho attorney general's letter which contains his request shows that theso Coxoy demonstrations in curred In fouitecn states and terri tories . congratulatlons of PromlorlDopuy nnd tho cabinet rolnlstersjand a largo ntiimier or senators anaiuepu tlos In tho room sot npartffcr tho use of tho cabinet. Afterwards ho rocclvod tho congratulations' the i:uiiubjiuiiuuiiu9 ui wio vnriuuuuwB papors represented at Versailles upon this occasion. Replying to tho newspapor mon, SI. "pasimlr- Porlor said "I hitvo only ono word -itot say. You may discuss mo I belong to you; but, novcr forget France and tho ropubllc." 'MS. THE DESIGN WAN REJECTED. Secretary Carlisle has rejected the second design submitted by St. (Lin dens for tho obverse of tho World's Fair medal. Tho first design was rejected hecnuso of tho nude llguiu which shocked tho senate committee on tho quadro-centennlal. After a controversy extending through sev eral months St. Gadens withdrew tho naked man and put in an eagle with a streamer, on which was to bo en graved tho nomo of tho exhibitor receiving the award. In rejecting tho second design tho secretary, said It "expressed nothing." Ho said ho had decided to take a design gotten up at tho Philadelphia mint. St." Gaudens was recommended for this work by Mrs. Potter Palmer. Ho has been paid for It, but his design will not appear on tho medal. STATEHOOD UILLS. It is likely threo territories will be admitted to Btntchood In n short time. Senator II111 has Informed Delegate Joseph, of New Moxleo, that it is his Intention to report to tho senate, and to have considered at as nearly the same time as possi ble, tho three bills to admit Utah, rizoiia nnd New Moxleo. Senator Hill thinks this will bo a better way than to put the three states In ono bill, or to let them go to the White Houso at different tliiCB. The pres ident has expressed himself on sev eral occasions as In doubt about tho expediency of admitting any mora states at present. Tho advocates of statehood think they will stand a better chance if the three bills can ho sent to tho president at prac tically tho samo tlmo, so tho whole pressure can bo brought to bear at once. MODES OF MA III! I AGE. From till WimlilDKlon Newx. To eat maize pudding from tho same plate, or to eat In any way to gether, Is a widely distributed mar riage ceremony. In Brazil a couple may be married by drinking brandy together; in Japan, by so many cups of wine; in RuBsIa and Scandinavia it used to be ono cup for both. Tho joining of hands among tho Romans and Hindoos is common to many parts of the world. In Scotland it is called "hand-fasting," and couples lives together after. To sit togother on a Beat while receiving frionds, or to have the hands of each tied to gether with grass, or to smear with each other's blood, or for the woman to tlo a cord of hor own twisting around the naked waist of tho man, constitutes marriage in ono part or another. In Australia a woman carries fire to her lover's hut, and makes a fire for him. In Amorlca she lays a bundle of rods at the door of his tent. A Loango negress cooks two dishes for him in his own hut. In Croatia the bridegroom boxes tho bride's oars, and in Russia tho father formerly struck his daughter gently with a now whip for the last-tlmo and then gave the weapon to hor husband. Down to the present It Is a custom In Ilungaria for the groom to give the bride a kick after the marriage ceremony, to make hor feel ner subjection, Evon with all clyll ized people the servitude of the bride U clearly Indicated. GENERAL NEWS. rnnvii m new yokk. It liaH been ascertained that thorn are 10,000 French speaking people In New York City. FRANK MCVEAOII NOMINATED. 'i'lie doinocrats of Illinois have nominated Hon. Frank McVeigh, of Chicago, for tho Illinois sonatorshlp. santo'h trial. The trial of Cesarlo Santo, tho anarchist assassin of President, Car not, of France, will tnko place July 23. Y.u.e WINS. In-tho4it race between Yale, Harvard and Columbia colleges last Thursday Ynlo won. Columbia was second. CHEAP MONEY ORDERS. Tho price of postofllco money or dors now range from 3 to 30 cents Instead of from 5 to l." cents as heretofore DEATH IN THE AIR. A destructive cyclone passed over tho southeastern part of Minnesota killing Boven persons ami destroying nil klndH of property 111 Its path. A IIIO JUDGEMENT. Judgment for ovrr thioe-qunrters of a million dollars has been granted to tho Fitzgerald & Mallory Con struction Company against the Mis souri Pacific railaoad. krye's army. After a march across the conti nent tho California contingent of tho army of tho unemplojed, reached Washington 12.1 strong, under com mand of General l'rye. CANT PLAY 'I ME ORGAN. iV. peculiar ease eanio before a Kansas district court at Atchison. John Updyko, n laborer, asked the court for an older restraining the members of n neighbor's family from continually thumping on an organ. Updyko said ho w.in continually annoyed by the playing. Tho re straining order was granted, and the family limited to nu hour each day in which to practlco nu their organ. THEY WANT RAPID TRANMT. iV project for nn electric railroad between Washington and New York City has been brougl t before oon- ross in a bill for the Incorporation of the National Rapid Transit ltall- wav Company. Evrepre.entatlv Hemphill, of South Carolina, and Washington capitalists are Interested In the load. They claim that tho limits of speed b steam locomotion have been reached, while by elec tricitj a speed of 12(1 miles Is prac ticable. A MAMMOTH IIORsE. A horse airived in -Kansas City the other day which is quite a freak Iu-IiIh line. Ho was foaled In Minne sota in ISlll, is named Peter, stands 22 hands high anil weighs 1,700 pound-. Tliis Is not a remarkable weight, but the height is tho greatest of which there is a record. The horse will not mature for three.yeaiK to enme, so It is expected he will grow at least slx-liichos taller and will increaso tho weight to nearly or quite .i,000 pounds. The horso will be kept in KnusaH City on exhibition for a fow weeks. RKI.lOIOl'S FRENZY IN OHIO. In tho southern part of Ohio six women are preaching n new religion. They ti'avol In pairs and seem to have strange hypnotic powers. They proclaim nil earthly heaven existing near Detroit, preach n community of property, and say that there are 114,000 persons on earth who will soon bo translated to heaven without death. Near Mlnornl Springs, that state, adventists have beon holding meetings for two weeks, and as a result the entire neighborhood is In an uproar and work is suspended nnd tho people nro preparing for tho end of the world, which Is oxpocted In a few days. THE PULLMAN STRIKE. There is a general tlo-tip of pas. sengcr traffic from tho west. Tho membeis of tho American Railway Union refuse to move trains that con tain Pullman Bleopors, and tho rail. road companies refuse to move trains unless the Blfcpers are attached. Trafllo In all tho largo cities has been effected and mall (rains havo been interfered with in boiuo placeB. It looks as though the coming strlko was going to bo n leeord breaker. The gist of tho quarrel between tho American Railway Union and the Pullman Oar Company Is exception ally clear. Iho employees of tho Pullman Company living In tho town of Pullman struck for higher wages. The company refused to satisfy them and the American Railway Union, a railway trade union, decided that all Pullman cars throughout the coun try must thereupon ho prevented from running. The strlko has extended to all tho large cities and much perishable freight stands on side tracks. Dts patches from Washington say that Attorney General Oluey has lu structed United States Marshals not to permit tho United States malls, conveyed In the usual ordinary way, to bo obstructed. At Chicago, tho center of tho great strike, as a result of tho first day of tho boycott of tho Pullman l'alaco Car company by tho American Hallway Union thero were over 5,000 employees of tho differ ent roads out on n strlko. Tho attempt to run l'ullmnii cars has resulted In the tlelng up of tho yards of fifteen railroads centering there. Of these the Illinois Central, Wis consin Central, Chicago Great Western, Baltimore and Ohio, Chi cago and Northern Pacific and the lines interested In tho Western Indiana system nro tied up com pletly, tho only trains run out being mauo up and manned by ofllecis of tho road. VAUVENTEIl FIXED THE PIANO I'rnmthe Ullc-ii (New Yurk) l)lifrvT. A Utlca family changed their residence from one street to another a few days since. Among tho household efleets was a handsome square piano, tho cover of which had in process of transportation been slightly cracked. When the tuner came ho noticed tho cracked cover, nnd told tho lady of tho house that be know of a man who could repair It ho that It would not bo noticed. There was a carpenter working about the house, and as the cost of moving had been considerable the lady decided to have the carpenter do the woik, and informed the tuner that be need not send his expensive expert. Calling tho carpenter be showed him the damaged cover and Informed him that he could easily tlx it with glue. The carpenter set about bis task, and tho lady paid no further attention to him. day or two she had company and was requested to play upon the piano. Acquiescing, she went to the instrument and attempted to lift the lid. It would not budge. Thinking thai it was locked, she spent ten minutes hunting for the key. Having found it she learned that her surmise was Incorrect. Failing, after repeated mil strenuous ellnrts, to lift the lid, (bo was compelled to forego the pleasure of enteita'i'niiig her guests in this way. When her husband came homo he exercised his muscle, but to no more avail. After three or four trials ho began an examination and found that the carpenter had labored under the mistaken notion Hint the lid ought not to raise, and had, accordingly, placed a thick coating of glue between it and that part of the piano upon which it touched. To make tho job liudenl ally complete, ho further secured it bydrhlnga ten penny nail through it. THE TIIIIEE E001.S. from Kale ricM' WtKhlnKhni. Oneo upon a time there were three fools; a great big fool, and a middle sized fool, and a tiny little bit of a fool. These threo were women con templating marriage with men whoso paths were crooked. Tho woman who was a little bit of a fool married a man who drank. Her friends warned her, naturally, and the general public prophesied, but she lisked It. Then began the ollieial program: cheerful home, good meals, fragrant eolfee, bright open tires; after that there was a gold cure, and lu tho end ho was re claimed. He wns, really. Moreover, ho stayed so. The middle sized fool married a man whoso taste was not so much for wine ns for women and song. Ho liked them best as combined in light opera. It requires a woman of great sweetness of temper and infinite tact to manage a man of tills kind; but site did it, and in time ho, too, re formed. Tho road was n weary one for her, however. But tho great big fool niariicd a man who was a gambler. Ho was a futelgn person, having a local habi tation, deeply mortgaged, and a nnmo. And the rest of this chapter Is very brief nnd not especially cheerful. It Is this: The genuine gambler iierer reforms. SEX AND SALARY. From llio nnfthiu (Unite. There are reported to ho 185 male teachers lu the public schools of Boston and 1,372 women. Tho average salary of tho mon per month Is $210.00 and the average salary per month of the women is $70.U9. To what oxtcnt tho larger salary Is a pure bonus to tho male sex Is an Interesting question. Doubtless the fact that many of tho higher salaried posts nro held by men accounts for more or less of this disparity, but It by no means accounts for all. So far as a man receives higher remuneration than n woman can secure for the samo labor, this excesB is a pure bonus handed over on account of sex. Of course old (but not venerable) custom sanctions tho payment to women of less for the same labor and service than is paid to men, but this is an ago when equal rights are sup posed to be maintained and fair play to all Is supposed to rule. Why are women still paid less for the samo work than men receive? Who knows? THE TAN I El- HILL On Saturday Senator Hill, who delights In surprises, eame forward as the special champion of n propo sition afleetlng Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Vest had just accepted a suggestion whereby Mr. Hoar ex empted the salaiies of United States judges from tho operation of the Income tax. Mr. Hill at onco pro posed that tho salary of the President of tho United States bo also ex empted. Turning to Mr. Vest, ho said that the present occupant of tho White House was n citizen uf his (Hill's) stale, and that theietoro hu felt justified in making the re quest. Mr. Vest smiled, and looked hard at Mr. Hill, as If suspecting him of perpetrating a joke. .Seeing, however, that the New York senator was In earnest, Mr. Vest arose and said that as It Would likely ho a long time before anwther citizen of Now York was called to the presidency ho felt liko accepting Mr. Hill's proposition. This was a fair shot, and Mr. Hill joined in the laughter that followed. As quick as a Hash, however, he retorted: "Yes, and if tho taxation here proposed is kept up, it will lie a long tlmo before a democrat from any quarter occupies the White House." Mr. Vest in turn acknowledged the corn by smiling and bowing and then accepted Mr. Hill's amend ment. The Incident put tho senate In great good humor. Mr. Hill's manner throughout was entirely serious, hut the longer the senators contemplated the fact of his moving to exempt Mr. Cleveland's salar from assessment under the Income tax the more exquisite appeared tho irony of the performance, and their appreciation of the hit was undisguised. The gallericsappl.nidcd. Mr. Hill had filled the stage from tho beginning of the discussion. Taking tho Hour at I0::;0, he had spoken for two hums in reply to the speoehcH made yesterday ill advocacy of the income tax. Ho had defended New York against the attacks of Mr. Allen, and then turning the tables on that senator, he had scored the populist administrations In Colorado and Kansas. Ho bad spoken with lire and emphasis, hut conscious all along that his words would not allect the . situation in the senate. When the time eame for voting Mr. Vest, uithdiew the amendment ho ollered yesterday lowering tho exemption sum to $.'(,000. He gave no reason for this action, but it was understood to have grown out of serious objection on the democratic side of tho chamber. Mr. Hill then began, according to the notice he had already given, to take the sense of the ssnato on the question of lowering the exemption figure. Ho first proposed $1,000, and this was rejected by a vote ot 18 to 42. A proposition for $2,000 was lost by a vote of 20 to 28, and one for $2,500 by a vote of 2,r to 38. Then Mr. Hill ollered tho amendment for $3,000, which Mr. Vest had just withdrawn. But the democrats would not permit Mr. Hill to shape In any way a section of the bill towards which he was so inimical, and the amendment was rejected by n vote of 30 to 38. Mr. Sherman inquired whether any estimates had been made as lo the probable yield of rovenuo from this tax. Mr. Vest replied that the gen eral estimate was $30,000,000, but he did not believe any accurate estimate could he made. Mr. Sherman thought property of less than $100,000 wouhl,oxempt its owner from tho Income tax on Ills profits under the $1,000 limit. He would he surprised If It yielded $10,000,000 or $15,000,000. It would bo n discrimination against a very small proportion of the people. He predicted that it would bo the most unproductive tax ever levied In this country. Mr. Hill then moved that tho in terest on United States bonds (ex cepted by the provisions of tho hlllj bo subject to the imposition of the income tax. Mr. Vest callod nttcn. tlon to tho statute ot 1870 exempting United State bonds from tnxntlon (principal nnd Interest). In the debate on the amendment which followed Mr. Hoar said that tho advent to powor of tho democratic party and its representatives, the senators from Missouri (Vest), 'Texas (Mills), nnd Arkansas (Jones) who wore trying to put through this taritf bill had beon more disastrous to tho country in a pecuniary sense than the four years of civil war. OTHER WEEK'S NEWS. I'EI.L DOWN A HIIAIT. Two miners, .lames Johnson nnd Hugh Means, fell down a shaft at Joplhl last Monday, a dlstauco of 130 feet and were killed. UNDER A f'Lot'll. Will I'.irmerlce, attorney and manager .of llradtsheet's commercial agency at Sedalla has left that city under n cloud, says tho Demncrnf. IIY THE .MORPHINE ROUTE. Mace Hay oh, a mechanic, was found dead in a room lit tho Desmond house, Liberty. A bottle of morphine .by tho side of his bed indicated ho had committed suicide. STARRED AT A DANCE. At n danco on Turkey Creek, in Pettis county Saturday night, .las-ou Chamberlain plunged a blade into James Murry's abdomen and lied. Murray Is expected to die. VOICES OF ANIMALS. A Current Item, Tho roar ot the lion can be heard farther than the sound of any living creature. Next comes tho hyena, then the screech owl, the panther and the jackal in succession. Tho donkey can be heard fifty times fur ther off than the horse, and the cat ten times farther than the horse. Strange, tho quiet and timid bare, when she cries, can be heard farther off than either cat or dog. I'Allt AT .MOIIEHLV. The Moberly fair which was de clared off on account of tho salo of the grounds to Julius Miller, bus been leased and a meeting will be given August 21 to 25, which will bo followed by Mexico, August 28 to September 1. Ten thousand dollars will be given In premiums. THE TAYLOR niioriiKl!-. Two men, supposed to be the red- handed Taylor brothers, havo been taken In Marion county, Ark. They will have to answer to one of the most heinous crimes ever committed in the state. On the night of May 101b, (!us Meeks, a farmer near Milan, was murdered in cold blood, and with him bis wife, Hair .Vyear old daughter and little IS months old baby. The parents were shot. tho little ones were pounded with stones and kicked to death. Another litttlo girl of 7 was left fur dead hut escaped to tell the story. TO M'-PEXD riidM PRACTICE. Attorney General Walker has tiled a petition in the supremo court to suspend Col. Kd.M. Harbor and A. (I Knight, of Trenton, and A. W. Mul llns, of Unneiis, from practlco in the courts of tho state, and praying that their names be stricken from Hie roll of attorneys of the supreme court. The prominence of tho parties makes the proceedings of unusual interest Similar proceedings wen- neer lieforo Instituted in the supreme court. Tho cause for the step taken by Attorney General Walker dates back to the trial nnd subsequent con viction and execution of Joseph A. Howell, who 'murdered Mrs. Minnie Hall, a widow, and her four littlo children In Linn county in 1S88. ( IIANGES IN SALARIES. At tho annual relating of presiden tial postolllces, changes in the sala ries of Missouri postmasters nro as follows: Reduction ot $100 In the following olllces: Kdna, l-lxcelslor Springs, Glasgow, Grant City, Holden, hop- kins, Iluntsvllle, Independence, Appleton City, Aurora, lievier, Car tersville, . Joplin, Lexington, Lin nous, Louisiana, Hurley, Mound City, Mountain Grove, New Madrid, Nor ham, Princeton, Salisbury, Sweet Springs, Warrensburg, Webb City and Wellsvllle. In the following olllces tho salary- is increased $100: Butler, Jackson, lsahoka, l.ee's Summit, I'lattsburg, Rich lllll, Richmond, Uolla, St, Charles, Ktanberry, I'niouvilU, Van dalla, West Plains and Windsor. In the following olllces an increaso of $200 Is made: Desoto, Monett and Washington. California . ml Clnrksvillo will each sillier Josh of $200. proi-. i.. e. woi.n:. The following resolution, unani mously passed by the .Missouri State Teachers' Association, shows tho high appreciation in which State Supt. Wolfe and his work is hold by tho teachers of Missouri: "As tho present stato superintendent of public schools will have retired from office before tho next session of tho State Teachers' Association, wo point with pride to tho splendid record, self-sacrificing efforts and valuable services of that ollieial, the Hon. L. K, Wolfe, nnd wo regard his honesty of purpose, superior administrative ability and progres sive policy as marking an educational epoch In tho history of Missouri." The Totmiui-Dcniocrntof Warrens burg has the following very compli mentary notico ot his address before tho stato ossoclatlon: "Tho principal address of tho evening wns by State Supt. L. E. Wolfe. Ho made a splendid effort, one that ontortuluod tho audience and hold tha closest attention to tho end. Prof. W61fe is a fluent speaker, but his effort lost night was probably the best ever heard by the teachers." HOW TO MEASURE COAL. From the Holentlllo American, To determine how much coal o.'blu. will hold, calculate 37 'i, cublo feet to every ton of 2000 pounds. 'This rule applies substantially to either soft or hard coal,